Green Options

Editor’s Note: This is first in a “Kids Did” feature series by Suneet Bhatt, co-founder of Dream Village and Social Symmetry. This series will explore what kids are doing around the country to help their local community environment.

Times are changing. I went to elementary school in the early 80’s, and I remember participating in the shift toward the disposable society. Instead of Tupperware sandwich containers, I started getting plastic wrap. Instead of a Thermos I started getting Capri Sun (my main squeeze) or some other juice box. Everything was wrapped in plastic. And everything ended up in my stomach or in the trash can; sometimes directly, and sometimes by way of a ricochet off of say, the face of a close friend. Kids will be kids.

Who knew you could even recycle Styrofoam? Sure, recycling the stuff is better than tossing it into a landfill. Every bit of this petroleum product that’s recycled is a bit less made from new materials. We shouldn’t see this as a green light to stock up on the packing peanuts, though, like Styrocyclers, the recycling company handling the Styrofoam at the Roswell event seems to advocate.

The Roswell Recycling Center and Styrocyclers will hold a one-day polystyrene, or Styrofoam, recycling event on Saturday, May 2 from 8am to 2pm. They’re only accepting polystyrene packaging. Egg cartons, plates, takeout containers, and cups can’t be recycled.

While researching about the event, I came across this little gem on the Styrocyclers website (emphasis mine):